Shearman & Sterling

MAY 16, 2017

Plaintiffs claimed that the board failed to disclose material information in the proxy statement, which allegedly prevented Cyan's shareholders from determining whether to pursue appraisal rights. KKR Financial Holdings LLC, 125 A.3d 3d 304, 308-09 (Del.

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Shearman & Sterling

MAY 16, 2017

Plaintiffs claimed that the board failed to disclose material information in the proxy statement, which allegedly prevented Cyan's shareholders from determining whether to pursue appraisal rights. KKR Financial Holdings LLC, 125 A.3d 3d 304, 308-09 (Del.

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Cooley M&A

MARCH 2, 2021

A SPAC is a publicly traded shell company with no underlying operating business that seeks to merge with a target operating company. According to Nasdaq , in 2015, SPACs made up approximately 12% of the IPO market, but by 2020, that number had risen to approximately 53%. What is a SPAC.

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Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In addition, currently public dual-class companies with transfer provisions that do not contain clear carve outs for the delivery of voting agreements in the M&A context should discuss with their advisers the possibility of adopting “clear day” amendments to their charters to include these carve outs. Stockholder litigation.

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Cooley M&A

JULY 9, 2021

Panera Bread was a publicly traded company that JAB Holdings B.V. 26, 2015), the court found that plaintiffs had not waived their appraisal rights because the controlling stockholder did not strictly adhere to the terms of the stockholders’ agreement. took private in 2017 for $315/share. 1] In Halpin v. Riverstone Nat’l, Inc.

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Mergers and Acquisitions Sale Shares Entertainment 52

Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Overcoming Marketplace Uncertainty Rising interest rates introduced a difficult environment for private equity recapitalizations (where private equity groups sell a portfolio company to another buyer), so few of the older PE-backed ophthalmology organizations traded hands over the last few years. dental).

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